It's already 2026, how can we still talk about having many children and having many blessings?

Ma Debiao's expression changed slightly as he looked Chen Mo over again.

[This kid doesn't seem to be a novice at jade gambling. He knows details like the pine flower pattern coming off; he's got some expertise. Forget it, I'll only get two thousand for this piece; I can still make a profit even at five thousand.]

"Alright, alright, five thousand it is. I'll give you face since you're Linglong's friend."

Chen Mo continued flipping through the pages.

After rummaging through most of the pile, he picked out the second piece.

This is a piece of white salt sand skin from Muna, Myanmar. It's about the size of a fist, and the surface looks very ordinary, without any python skin or pine flower pattern.

But looking through it, there's a cluster of green, about the size of a baby's fist, inside. It's of icy quality, with a bright color and a clean base.

"What about this one?"

"Twenty thousand."

"Eight thousand."

"Boss Chen, this is old material from the Muna mine..."

"The Muna mine is real, but the white salt sand skin hasn't performed well. It's too risky. This piece of skin hasn't even had a window opened. Twenty thousand is a rip-off price. Eight thousand, if you don't sell, I'm leaving."

Ma Debiao gritted his teeth and said, "Deal."

For the next hour or so, Chen Mo rummaged through all the available materials in Ma Debiao's stall.

They picked out all the jadeite pieces that could be carved with Yu Linglong's exquisite craftsmanship, totaling twenty-three pieces, which were piled up to the side in various sizes.

Yu Linglong found a small cart and carried the fabric pieces up one by one.

The way he selected the raw materials left the other jade gamblers dumbfounded.

Where do you gamble on stones like this? Pushing a small cart to buy them, just like shopping in a supermarket.

Without shining a strong flashlight on it or splashing water on it to examine the outer casing, just flip it over a couple of times and toss it into the cart.

"Dude, are you buying a watermelon?"

"This isn't gambling on jade, it's a shopping spree! People are stupid and have too much money."

Chen Mo smiled but didn't reply.

Ma Debiao, however, couldn't stop smiling.

Although he spent a lot of money to acquire this pile of materials, most of them sat in the warehouse for two or three years without anyone wanting them.

Today, we took down all the suckers in one go, clearing out nearly 200,000 yuan worth of inventory in one fell swoop.

"Boss Chen, still want to choose?"

"No need, that's all."

Chen Mo paid the money, but didn't cut any material on the spot. He simply had Yu Linglong push the cart away.

After walking quite a distance, Yu Linglong couldn't help but speak up: "Mr. Chen, in the jade gambling business... my father once said, 'Even a god can't judge the quality of a piece of jade.' You've bought so many, what if..."

Chen Mo smiled. "What exactly is your conflict with Ma Debiao?"

Yu Linglong hesitated for a moment before recounting the grudges between Ma Debiao and her family.

Ma Debiao and her father used to travel to Tengchong together. The last time her father went to buy goods, he only had enough money to buy a good piece of material.

At the public auction, Ma Debiao partnered with others to raise the price of the best-performing piece of jade by 40%, leaving her father with no choice but to buy another piece, which turned out to be a dud.

Later, her father borrowed money from loan sharks in an attempt to recoup his losses, but the more he gambled, the more he lost, and the more he lost, the more he gambled, until finally he even bailed out the working capital of Jubaozhai.

It can be said that Ma Debiao was the culprit who ruined her parents' lives.

"Alright, I've avenged you. I've ruined his reputation and credibility. Let's go find a place to cut stones."

Yu Linglong was a little puzzled, thinking to herself, "You helped Ma Debiao clear out his inventory, so how did you let him ruin his reputation and credibility?"

They went into a stone-cutting shop on the antique street.

The boss was a thin, middle-aged man. When he saw the two men pushing a cart full of materials in, his eyes widened.

"Boss, can I borrow your machine for a bit? I'll solve it myself."

The boss nodded. "Okay, two hundred an hour, use the tools as you like."

Chen Mo parked the cart next to the machine and started cutting the first piece.

One cut, and green appeared.

"The soybeans are turning green; we can make a few pendants from them." Yu Linglong wiped the cut surface of the beans with a damp cloth for him. "We bought them for three thousand; they'll probably be worth five or six thousand after cutting them up. A small increase."

The second piece, a glutinous rice-type jadeite with a bright green hue, was bought for 8,000 yuan. After cutting it open, it would probably be worth a little over 20,000 yuan.

Yu Linglong's expression turned serious.

The third piece, a delicate and colorful spring-fed glutinous rice, was bought for 12,000 yuan, but after cutting it open, it would cost at least 60,000 yuan.

Yu Linglong's eyes widened. This... three consecutive increases?

……

I've cut a lot of them in a row, and they've all gone up.

In the end, only two pieces were left.

Chen Mo picked up one of the pieces of black jade, secured it, and then cut it off from the side of the python belt.

Yu Linglong screamed, then immediately covered her mouth, her voice trembling, "...At least two million, enough to make three full-green bracelets, and the remaining scraps can be used to make pendants. Mr. Chen, you're amazing."

Chen Mo chuckled and picked up the last piece of white salt from Munachang.

I made a cut along the edge of the shell, and just as the blade passed through, a patch of vibrant green was revealed inside.

It's an icy jadeite, with a bright color and a clean base like glass.

Yu Linglong's eyes widened. "Mr. Chen, this... can at least yield one full-green jadeite bracelet and two pendants. A single full-green jadeite bracelet of this level would cost no less than three million."

"Um."

"How...how did you do that?"

"I've always been very lucky."

Yu Linglong was speechless.

She learned carving from her grandfather from a young age and went to the jade gambling market with her father. She has met at least eighty or a hundred experts in jade gambling.

Even immortals cannot judge the value of a piece of jade; this is an ironclad rule passed down orally in this trade.

Parents went bankrupt because of a piece of fabric, while countless "experts" became rich or poor with a single cut.

But this person in front of me flipped through the fabric like it was a watermelon, and all the items in the twenties were worth more.

"Mr. Chen, now I finally understand why you said you wanted me to get rich with you. I'll go raise the money right away."

Chen Mo packed the cut ingredients into bags one by one.

"Alright, from now on I'll manage the materials for Jubaozhai, and you'll manage the carving and quality control. This amount of material will be enough for you for a while."

The two packed the cut materials into boxes and left the stone-cutting shop.

As soon as I reached the intersection of the antique street, I saw a large crowd gathered in front of me.

A heated argument was coming from the direction of the jade market; it was very loud and intense.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Ma Debiao's stall.

Several young people stood in front of the stall, one of them holding several pieces of cut raw jade in his hand.

Every cut surface was pure white stone, without a trace of green.

There were also a dozen or so pieces of material piled up at the feet of the other people, which were also useless.

"You bastard surnamed Ma, you're selling nothing but junk!" The young man slammed a rock on Ma Debiao's counter. "I spent 600,000 yuan, and what did you give me?"

Ma Debiao's face turned pale and then red. "Young man, gambling on stones is risky; no one can guarantee anything..."

"Risk my ass!" Another young man next to him kicked over the display shelf by the door.

"My older brother bought from you three times, and it was all junk. Do you think we're being ripped off?"

"You need to provide evidence for your statements. You chose the materials yourselves; I never said it would guarantee a price increase..."

"Didn't you say it would increase in price? What did you just say? You said this batch of Muna jade came from an old mine, and it was performing very well. Last week, someone cut a piece and it increased in price by 500,000..."

Whispers rippled through the crowd of onlookers.

Several regular customers at the jade market shook their heads and sighed, "That bastard Ma Debiao is getting swindlers. Last time my apprentice bought 30,000 yuan worth of jade from him, and it all turned out to be worthless. I thought it was just bad luck, but now it seems like he picked all the scraps out of the pile to sell."

"I've called the police!" the young man pulled out his phone. "I'll fucking shut your shady business down!"

Yu Linglong stared, her eyes wide. "Mr. Chen, did you pick out all the jadeite-containing pieces?"

Chen Mo made a shushing gesture.

Yu Linglong finally understood what Chen Mo meant when he said he would help her take revenge.

Those in this business rely on someone getting rich overnight through gambling on stones to make a name for themselves. Even if prices rise for some and fall for others, that's normal.

But after spending a lot of money, everything went downhill and turned out to be worthless. Even if Ma Debiao was in the right, his reputation and credibility were ruined.

Even if he buys good materials later, others will still be hesitant.

"Mr. Chen, shall we go check out the other stalls?"

"Don't be so greedy. Just pick one or two stalls where the price has increased the most. If the same thing happens to other stalls, they'll guess it's our problem and we'll be blacklisted. Making money quietly is the best way."

"Mr. Chen is right."

They went to other stalls, picked out some materials, and then immediately returned to Jubaozhai.

Chen Mo held the rosewood box; this thing should be the biggest gain of the day.